[7a] Wrightsville Beach NC observing a strong N wind as the eye of #Florence approaches. Even w/ an offshore flow, going into high tide there is an accompanying surge now up to 3.5 feet. pic.twitter.com/UmxELbhocZ

A few pictures from early this morning this is close to Wrightsville Beach, and I have some family in New Bern. Everyone stay safe.. It's Windy and it's heading toward my direction.????????Hurricane #Florence has made landfall as a Category 1 storm near Wrightsville Beach, pic.twitter.com/aoPsgui9pn

INSANE video taken by Erick Flores, an employee at Wireless Solutions in Chesterfield, as the #tornado blew through this store. Right after this video ended he says a piece of metal went flying through the window where he was standing. @CBS6#HullStreetpic.twitter.com/shopAaszVJ

Listen to the tornado sirens sound Kenbridge Elementary School in Lunenburg Monday. "Tornado warning, it looks like it's forming... See how it's going like that?"[????:Tre Sanchez-Allen] pic.twitter.com/gIc8nhIhzJ

Here's another video of a possible twister -- this one in Hanover County."It touched down. It touched down. That's Atlee High School right there!""Holy... I gotta go get my mother!"[????:Zach Bateman] pic.twitter.com/NhWlsgHifS

Precious sweetheart. Look at his tail wagging???? RESCUED! PETA's rescue team spotted this scared & abandoned dog in Lumberton North Carolina on the porch of a flooded home with no way to escape the rising #HurricaneFlorence flood waters & were able to bring him to safety ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Uhg95x4nGM

THANKS to a handful of GOOD SAMARITANS these TERRIFIED Family Pets Are #RESCUED from drowning! OMG! Lack of “humanity” in a crisis is REPULSIVE! Sadly I feel nothing but contempt toward these selfish heartless SOBS that abandoned their dogs!! KARMA! Come fast????#HurricaneFlorencepic.twitter.com/CQ9RVmzakw

This dog climbed on top of the kitchen counter to escape the ever-rising waters after being left inside his flooded home. Firefighters & PETA's rescue team waded through waist-deep water to save Max ‼️ #HurricaneFlorence

"We prepare our teams as best as possible while conducting adequate risk management in order to respond to any and all conditions that arise," said Lt. Cmdr. Chris Miller. @USCG deployed 26 shallow-water response teams comprised of 116 people in support of #HurricaneFlorencepic.twitter.com/nRvwxLvmhW

#HurricaneFlorence Bless these wonderful ????people for RESCUING #Dogs#Cats left behind by their owners!????Omg! PETS Are FAMILY! Look at these precious animals! They have to be terrified????????WTF’s wrong with humans!!! Storm is a nightmare! pic.twitter.com/rnsPt1iWmU

Walking through neighborhoods near the Neuse River in New Bern, NC, where residents sustained severe damage from #HurricaneFlorence. After a declared disaster, @SBAgov makes low-interest loans to homeowners & renters as well as businesses of all sizes. pic.twitter.com/nPVhOEAhFY

Some early morning pics of @DukeEnergy crews out of the Brecon and Todhunter Operations Centers in Ohio. Linemen Tyson Della Vedova and Jackson Crabill in Wilmington working on #Florence restoration. Just over 75K customers remain without power one week after landfall. pic.twitter.com/v7deYJFIWQ